Former Burkinabe President Charged in Sankara’s Murder
A court in Burkina Faso has charged former President Blaise Compaore in absentia in connection with the 1987 assassination of then-President Thomas Sankara. A military tribunal on Tuesday charged Compaore with complicity in the assassination and undermining state security among other charges. Sankara, a charismatic revolutionary often called “Africa’s Che Guevara,” was assassinated during a […]
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